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ST MATTHEW’S GRAPEVINE

PARISH OF ALBURY

MAY 2013

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Fr Peter writes : Dear People of St Matthew’s Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia! to his throne above the skies; Alleluia! Christ, the Lamb for sinners given, Alleluia! enters now the highest heaven! Alleluia! There for him high triumph waits; Alleluia! lift your heads, eternal gates! Alleluia! he hath conquered death and sin; Alleluia! take the King of glory in! Alleluia! Lo! the heaven its Lord receives, Alleluia! yet he loves the earth he leaves; Alleluia! though returning to his throne, Alleluia! still he calls mankind his own. Alleluia! The great Easter and ascension hymn by Charles Wesley, 1742 was set to music by Welshman Robert Williams who was blind from birth and earned his living by basket-making, but was also a musician of great repute and composed the hymn-tune ‘Llanfair’ that is usually sung to these words. The Easter theme of “new things” has certainly been or recent and continuing experience at St Matthews with new opportunities for outreach and mission being met with an increasingly engaged team of local people offering their Time Treasures and Talents. Our music department has been very busy, with the regular services that present an astonishing range of musical challenges between the seasonal variations, and book of common prayer options, including Matins and Mass(sometimes unkindly termed “mangled martins”, children’s and family services require great flexibility and along the way new choristers are learning a tradition of church music with its roots in the medieval period but is branches reaching into the future. Our music foundation is trying to establish a way of guaranteeing music excellence for the future and passing on, like a relay the musical gift. “How time Flies” our choir was reformed by Fr Don McMonigle and newly “robed out” 25 years ago on the 19

th of May which is also the feast of Pentecost

appropriately the celebration of the wind of the Holy Spirit gifting the church for its task. After 25 years of vigorous use we are proposing to renew our Robes at the cost $185 a set and we have 40 places in our choir and I am hoping that many from our congregation will decide to donate one or more robes in which this musical ministry is so outstandingly and regularly executed. There have already been some outstandingly generous donations and I am hoping that we can share the financial and well as the musical load. So Pentecost is a good time for action and if we all do something about it the blessing will be plain to see as well as to hear and otherwise share. New choir setting is also being trialled because of the commitment and ingenuity of a handful of skilled and

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deservedly, a little tired people in adapting the pews from All Saints to a modern music ministry use. The 19

th of May at the 9am service will therefore be very special celebration for

all who have ever been involved with the choir or music and it will be a great day to come back to St Matthews and share memories. Colder weather is upon us and more on the way so I am very grateful for the donations of blankets ,sleeping bags and pillows as well as the weekly donations of food for our food hampers an donation of money to assist those in need through our “Anglican care food cupboard”. Our youth group “Albury Anglican youth” AAY has also leading the charge to assist homeless people in running a series of Sausage sizzles after services and we have plans to better accommodate homeless people who come to St Matthews day by day with our intention that no one will be turned away. If you are able to support our ministry to needy people as winter closes in please leave your donations at the office. Our Youth summit at St Matthews on the 2

nd of May will also assist young local

people to build resilience in the face of youth challenges with Michael Kirby, Australia most famous legal and human rights figure with 2 inspiring young people Will Elrick –a one legged mountaineer and Daniel Kuzeff who has been building a village for homeless people in the Philippines and led a walk between Melbourne and Albury to support the venture in which our youth group also participated. If you have an idea of new ways to interact with current issues, be they refugee or indigenous treatment, equality in marriage or other pastoral, health or education matters effecting the lives of people please let me know and we will see how we can most effectively respond together making use of all the Gifts god gives us together for His Glory.

Fr Peter

Diva Liane Keegan Fr. Peter Karl Monteiro and Dobbs Franks

Special choral morning service commemorat-ing the life of Baroness Margaret Thatcher

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PARISH COUNCIL NEWS

Safety Issues. Choir Gallery. Yellow and black strips have been put on the steps in the gallery to avoid people falling down the stairs.

Parking. If parishioners wish they can park behind the church. Please enter thru

the church grounds, & exit down the lane beside the library. The bollards will be removed at the end of the service to enable you to exit this way. For safety reasons we don‘t want any one exiting through the church grounds.

Memorial Service to be held on 10

th May. This service will be run by Deacon

Heather Matthews The Pastoral Care team is hoping to organise a Mother’s Day lunch maybe in the

church. Anglican Food Room

31 bags distributed in March & 203 mince packs. Barbara was on duty during March & did a marvellous job. Thanks Barb.

Archiving Mark reported that everything regarding church files had been moved

out of Lillian’s unit. It has been catalogued & is now at St Matthew’s Village. There is everything from about 1860s to early 1900s.

Garden Permission has been given by Albury City to remove 4 box elders &

Queensland box saplings & other trees as well as pruning 12 other trees. Youth Summit. Michael Kirby to visit on 2nd May. A seminar is being organised

with the Principal of Albury High. This will be opened to all schools. Will & Dan-iel will speak to the students who need encouragement

Solar Panels Parish Council are looking at getting quotes to install solar panels on

the rectory roof.

Kaye Kennedy Secretary

DONATIONS FOR TREE PRUNING

Please consider adopting a tree by donating towards the cost of

pruning it.

Some trees are Heritage Listed.

Donations are tax deductable if money is donated to the

National Trust.

Trees to be pruned include Liquidambar, Jacaranda, Native

Frangipani, Bhutan Cypress, large Acers (Maples), Pecan, Cape

Chestnut.

The palm trees near Rectory driveway and small Acer tree (to be removed.)

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MONTHLY OFFERINGS Week Planned Giving Open Plate Baptisms 3 March $1195.00 $ 893.35 $ 10 March $1218.50 $ 790.30 $ 17 March $ 978.00 $ 863.05 $ 24 March $ 976.50 $ 922.05 $57.20 31 March $1340.00 $1782.30 Offerings do not take into account any payments that are paid directly into the Bank. March Evensongs total $417.15. Direct Deposit into St Matthews Bank Account is available for those wishing to make a donation or for your planned giving. Parish Banking Details: Bank National Australia Bank (NAB) Account Name St Matthew's Church Albury No 1 Account BSB 082 406 Account no. 17053 2923

Easter Garden St. Matthews 1st Albury Rovers after service at St. Matthews for St. George’s Day

Fr Peter and Malachai at ‘Westside’

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Children’ s Church in April

The theme for April was ‘The Good Shepherd’ and sheep and alpacas shared the space with the congregation! Although there were 2 baptisms, the family and relatives joined in the feeling of the service. There were 30 children at the service, and they took part in a play about the ‘Good Shepherd’ with sheep masks, and a big bad wolf played by Daniel, son of one of the team members, which created plenty of sheep bleats!. Claudine and Judith between them did the readings and the play. With Father Peter and Sr. Maureen Beattie directing proceedings. The children’s area was very well used, with colour sheets depicting the ‘Good Shepherd’ being decorated by the children, while the toys were well used too. Children crowded around the children’s altar for the ’Eucharist’ part of the service, and were invited to light candles, and generally take part. Each child received a colourful sticker. David Luxon, Cathy Carden were responsible for the music. Thanks go to congregation members who willingly help to set out and pack away equipment. The procession at the end was a cheerful and noisy end to the service, and a cuppa was available at the conclusion of the service.

Julie Scott, Children’s Church spokesperson for M.U.

NSW Governor Marie Bashir greets Claris,at Evensong celebrating Community organizations

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A Service of Remembering For all who have lost loved ones

St Matthew’s Anglican

Church Kiewa St, Albury

6pm

EVENING GROUP NEWS

Army Chaplain Padre’ Charles Vesely accepted an invitation to address the members at our meeting in March. He spoke of his Ministry, giving members an insight into the challenges of being a padre’. Thank you Padre’ Charles for your time and also for bringing your wife and Wilbur to meet the Evening Group members. Thank you to all who so generously donated to the “Cakeless Cake Stall”. All proceeds will go towards the lease payment for the photo-copier which our group undertakes each year. A final total is not available at this time but will be reported by the end of the month. A card and games afternoon, our main fund-raising event for the year, will be held on May 27

th. More details in a later edition of the pew sheet, but early-bird

bookings can be made by ringing - Margaret (60623512) or Pam (60213571).

Pam Thorman – Secretary

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4 Views of luncheon held in the Church on Easter Day

Anzac Day—Jordan Moir with Darkie

Anzac Day—Jordan Moir ‘light a candle for an Anzac’

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‘Nuns’ from the very successful ‘Sound of Music ‘get the ‘right feeling’ at St. Matthews!!

The ‘Trapp family child actors with our own Oliver Hendricks as Frederick (Back right)

The Sound of Music’ production

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PARISHIONER PROFILE : Kerry Wilkinson

During Holy Week I became a Benedictine Oblate of the Community of Christ the King within the Mass. During this service I promised to dedicate myself to the service of God, in a Life of Prayer according to the Rule of St Benedict for the rest of my life. Every year I reaffirm these vows. I have been given the name Thérèse. (St Thérèse of Lisieux) Oblates of St. Benedict are Christian people who have associated themselves with a Benedictine Community in order to enrich their Christian way of life who shape their lives by living the wisdom of Christ as interpreted by St. Benedict and seek God by serving him in their chosen way of life. The role is to live in the world, seeking God’s holiness, to bring the world to God by being witnesses of Christ by word and example. Benedictine Oblates seek God in association with a monastic community: as individuals and as members of a body, growing in love of God, neighbour, and self. With the RULE as their guide, Oblates adopt values that are part of the very fabric of Christian spirituality Before God, Oblates must come to recognise themselves as creatures dependent on their Creator and as sinners before their Redeemer. Aware of their own spiritual poverty and need of God, Oblates come to realise that they have no other reason for being, ex-cept to be loved by God as Creator and Redeemer and to love and seek Him in return. Today, throughout the world, there are thousands of Oblates praying and working in spir-itual union with Benedictine men and women of various communities and receiving spir-itual strength and inspiration from their association as Oblates. Justin Welby the new Archbishop of Canterbury is also a Benedictine Oblate.

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H U M O U R

‘Biblical bloopers’ - kids funny answers given in a Bible test, in the U. S.A. Catholic education system, – 1.In the first book of the Bible, Guinessis, God got tired of creating the world and so he took the Sabbath off. 2. Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. Noah’s wife was Joan of Ark, Noah built an ark and the animals came on in pears. 3. The Egyptians were all drowned in the desert, afterwards, Moses went up to Mount Cyanide to get the Ten Commandmants. 4. The seventh commandment is thou shall not admit adultery. 5. Moses died before he ever reached Canada then Joshua led the Hebrews in the battle of Geritol. 6 The first Commandments was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple. 7. Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate contraption. 8 .St. John the blacksmith dumped water on his head. 9. Jesus enunciated the Golden Rule, which says to do one to others before they do one to you. He also explained that a man doth not live by sweat alone. 10. Christians have only one spouse, this is called monotony. 11.The Epistels were the wives of the Apostles. 12 One of the opossums was St. Matthew who was also a taximan. 13 The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 decibels. 14 .St. Peter cavorted to Christianity, he preached holy acrimony, which is another name for marriage. 15. Solomon, one of David’s sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines. 16. The greatest miracle in the bible is when Joshua told his son to stand still and he obeyed him. 17. When Mary heard she was the mother of Jesus, she sang the Magna Carta. 18. Sampson was a strongman who let himself be led stray by a Jezebel called Delilah.

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ON THE RECORD

Baptisms We welcome into Christ’s family 31 March David Stan-Ravina TSAKISIRIS 7 April Chelsea Ann HOPE Esmerelda Elizabeth Tracey PIKE Rhys Brett Geoff McMURRICH 14 April Finn Thomas BRIDGEMAN Harry Byron BRIDGEMAN Zac Thomas BROWN

Weddings We congratulate those joined together in Holy Matrimony 6 April James Edward John FINLAY & Erin Frances HUNT Matthew Brian RICHTER & Lauren Elyse NORTHEY 13 April Bradley Stuart John PASSMORE & Sian Maree ARMSTRONG 20 April Kevin Sean MASON & Karina Ann CATON Rhys David MITCHELL & Kelly Marree BAILEY

Funerals We pray for those who have died and extend our sympathies to those who mourn 10 April Brendan David JONES 15 April Eva Edith COBCROFT 19 April Allan ‘Rex’ JENKINS 26 April John Maxwell ‘Jack’ TYRRELL

Years Mind – May We pray for those whose anniversary falls at this time Dorothy May SCHNEIDER (3

rd), Rupert Douglas ROSS (6

th), Steve BREY (8

th),

Thelma Zena ROCK (9th), Geoff COLE (9

th), Dulcie Esther BROMLEY (10

th),

Rev’d Lawrence Ernest TURNBULL (12th), Dulcie Adelaide MURPHY (12

th),

Joyce STAR (13th), Sarah WHYSALL (14

th), Myra HEALY (15

th), Violet READ

(16th), Thelma Kirsten SCOTT (17

th), Albert Edward Berry (18

th), Margaret

MONTE (20th), Edwin RIDE (23

rd), Stella BLEASDALE (25

th), Leslie John

SHORT (27th), Irene Jessie SEYMOUR (27

th)

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Fifield's Family Pharmacy

637 Dean Street

Albury NSW 2640

Phone 02 6021 3255

Fax 02 6021 4978 ***********

Open 7 Days Mon-Fri. 8.30-6pm

Sat. 9am-4pm Sun. 10am-4pm

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ST MATTHEW’S PARISH DIRECTORY SERVICE TIMES Weekdays 7.00 a.m. Morning Prayer 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer TUESDAY 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist WEDNESDAY 10:30 a.m. Eucharist THURSDAY No services FRIDAY 10.00 a.m. Eucharist at Riverwood (except 1st Friday). All welcome SUNDAY 9.00 a.m. Sung Eucharist Last Sunday of every month—Matins with Holy Communion 10:30 a.m. Children's Church 3rd Sunday every month 5.00 p.m. Evensong (Only 1st Sunday of every month) PARISH CLERGY: Rector: Peter Macleod-Miller (02) 6021 3022 Associate Priest: Fr Alan Kelb OAM 0418 464 053 Associate Priest: Rev’d Maureen Beattie (02) 6026 8861 Hon. Associate Priest: Fr. Bill Ginns (02) 6025 0556 Hon. Associate Priest: Fr Colin Wellard (02) 6021 0367 Hospital Chaplain: Rev’d Arthur Martin Ph: 0414 575 875 Pastoral Care Deacon Heather Matthews 0402 900 777 PARISH OFFICE: Rector’s Secretary: Deb Davenport Book keeper/Accounts: Cate Kirk Open Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Office Phone: 6021 3022 Fax: 6041 3149 e-mail: office@stmatthews.com.au Website: www.stmatthews.com.au Facebook: St Matthew’s Anglican Church Albury

PARISH COUNCIL: Fr Peter MacLeod-Miller—Chairman Victoria Chick—Rector's Warden Ken Curnow—Warden Joe Nesbit—Warden Cathy Carden—Treasurer Kaye Kennedy—Secretary

Councillors Angie Barney Cathy Carden Mark Carden Ken Curnow Ken Davenport Ray Fietz Robyn Gibbs Kaye Kennedy Joe Nesbit Carol Read John Satchell Robyne Slade Stephanie Stephenson Kay West

GRAPEVINE EDITOR: Julie Scott Ph. 6021 8897 Email: jazzer43@bigpond.net.au

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ST. MATTHEW’S GRAPEVINE PARISH OF ALBURY If undeliverable, please return to: St. Matthew’s Church PO Box 682, Albury. NSW. 2640.

DATE: MAY 2013

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